Wednesday, August 27, 2014

As mentioned in my last post, "Wha Saw the 42nd" has attracted more interest than any other song on this blog to date. The variation we sing at Camp Ajawah has slightly different words and melody than what I find elsewhere online. Most of what's available is a version for bagpipes, and the other traditional versions I have found mention nothing about singing it as a round.

So I created sheet music for Ajawah's version. We sing the song three times through, with each group starting the song two beats after the prior group. You can sing it with any number of groups. While the audio on my last post may not be clear enough, perhaps you can hear how it starts with "wha saw... wha saw... wha saw" as each group joins in. And as each group finishes, the song ends with "bramble briar... bramble briar... bramble briar."

If you end up singing our version, please let me know in the comments.